Leakey's greatest challenge came from ruthless foreign militias infiltrating Kenya's northern border--as they had for 3,500 years since high-prowed Egyptian ships of Queen Hatshepsput (the first woman to rule an African empire, 1,500 years before Christ) sailed past Cape Guardafui down Africa's east coast into the land of Punt, and on into modern-day Somalia.

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